Edmonton Construction 11 (November 2011)

[Mycroft]

Originally Posted by s211

Efficiencies-esmichencies.

There's zero point in having all civic staff in one location. Unless it's more efficient for them all to be close to the grievance office.

The efficiency of a consolidated office runs deeper that proximity between departments...the cost to locate and relocate employees through unionized labour is nuts. Costs can run crazy expensive when floors are shuffled to make room for new employees, or where workers are shifted from one building to another.

I'm not saying that it's a good or bad solution, just that there are far more considerations than simply distance from others within the same corporation.

[Black Star]

Yeah....Its a good solution!!!

[Jasper and one o nin]

Originally Posted by Coldrsx

Currents of Windermere

It's a bit deceiving looking at the plan view. Because when you actually stand on the site in front of ATB financial, you can't actually see Walmart due to the curvature of the earth

[mintzilla]

^ needs more parking lots

edit: damn beaten

[libtard]

Originally Posted by Coldrsx

Currents of Windermere

I don't see a payless shoe store or hakim optical in that complex! What in the hell is going on?!?!

[fortroad]

Originally Posted by libtard

I don't see a payless shoe store or hakim optical in that complex! What in the hell is going on?!?!

There is a Swiss Chalet

[rapid_business]

Originally Posted by Coldrsx

Any action on the 1,000,000 sqft Edmonton Business Park?

http://www.camdevcorp.com/images/uploads/EllIndusPlan07.pdf

Some servicing issues are holding things up a bit. We should see some action soon though on at least one building.

[rapid_business]

Originally Posted by Coldrsx

Currents of Windermere

Looks like they couldn't quite sell the "Lifestyle Centre" design to retailers (which comes with higher costs too I suppose). Back to a modified power-centre!

Who was it that said a couple years ago.... South Common was the new downtown, and that Windermere would be that in a couple years? Some shmuck from the retail land development side of things?

[Coldrsx]

Awesome morning meeting with the EEDC downtown vibrancy committee.

They used photoshopped images from SSP to show what's going on haha.

There will be a PR campaign about construction, hoarding, disruption.

A living digital project map of downtown is being created.

40% reduction top 8 crime types downtown in the last 6 years.

32 beat cops.

[Coldrsx]

'Who was it that said a couple years ago.... South Common was the new downtown, and that Windermere would be that in a couple years? Some shmuck from the retail land development side of things?'

Cameron's son at a Stantec hosted discussion on urban development.

[Hallsy's Toupee]

Originally Posted by Coldrsx

'Who was it that said a couple years ago.... South Common was the new downtown, and that Windermere would be that in a couple years? Some shmuck from the retail land development side of things?'

Cameron's son at a Stantec hosted discussion on urban development.

[Hallsy's Toupee]

According to Vinesh Pratep's twitter, people are at City Hall to oppose the peeler bar going into the Canada Permanent building.

https://twitter.com/vineshpratap

An appeal hearing is taking place. People are opposed to a proposed — for #yegdt

Now residents from the next door McLeod building are speaking about their opposition to the proposed —.

86 residents from the McLeod building have signed a petition against the proposed — next door in #yegdt

McLeod residents ask: Would you buy a home beside a —?

[kcantor]

Originally Posted by rapid_business

Looks like they couldn't quite sell the "Lifestyle Centre" design to retailers (which comes with higher costs too I suppose). Back to a modified power-centre!

Who was it that said a couple years ago.... South Common was the new downtown, and that Windermere would be that in a couple years? Some shmuck from the retail land development side of things?

as far as windermere goes, who was it a couple of weeks ago that said of another development site that "all you have to do is plan for it and zone it and be prepared to build it and they will come"? would you use the same descriptive because that person was also wrong? here you had a developer try exactly that... developers don't "make" markets and they don't generate demand. the good ones anticipate it and respond to it but that's as far as it can go.

as far as south edmonton common goes, no one is a bigger downtown supporter than i am. but if you want to say healthy vibrant destination retail is an integral part of a successful downtown, at least so far its hard to say sec hasn't done a better job at delivering that than our core has.

[oiler-dude]

Originally Posted by Hallsy's Toupee

According to Vinesh Pratep's twitter, people are at City Hall to oppose the peeler bar going into the Canada Permanent building.

https://twitter.com/vineshpratap

One more to add... sounds like Oxford doesn't much like it either.

Could $30M investment for city centre mall be put into question b/c of a proposed strip club? The company speaks out. #yeg #yegdt

https://twitter.com/vineshpratap/status/393421426394267648

[Coldrsx]

That is a special SDAB hearing being held at City Hall.

[Coldrsx]

'as far as south edmonton common goes, no one is a bigger downtown supporter than i am. but if you want to say healthy vibrant destination retail is an integral part of a successful downtown, at least so far its hard to say sec hasn't done a better job at delivering that than our core has.'

healthy, vibrant and SEC should never be in the same sentence.... come on Ken.

[Hallsy's Toupee]

$30M investment into City Centre Mall...that seems small compared with what's been rumored, doesn't it?

[Mycroft]

Originally Posted by Hallsy's Toupee

$30M investment into City Centre Mall...that seems small compared with what's been rumored, doesn't it?

It also seems like a flimsy threat given the arena developments and a potential exodus of chain stores to more modern space...I fail to see what a peeler joint a block and a half away has to do with oxford's deteriorating mall

[Coldrsx]

2 threats in one day, yay Edmonton.

That $30mil would do A LOT for the exterior and perhaps a small addition.

[Hallsy's Toupee]

According to the Journal article on the proposed —, the $30M investment of City Centre Mall would be for exterior renos.